Private Albert Eaton

Army Number : 85131

Battalion : 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Repton, Derbyshire. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Eaton, of The Cross, Repton. He was a Garden Labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 28th September 1917, aged 24, whilst serving in the line at Wieltje, Belgium.

Buried : Bridge House Cemetery, Belgium. Row C. Grave 2.

Bridge House Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Albert Eaton grave

Private Albert Eaton is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Wysan’s Church Gates War Memorial, Repton, Derbyshire.

One of four brothers who fell, they were, Private Harold Eaton , 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, Private George Frederick Eaton, 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, and Private John (Jack) Eaton, 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.